Example sentences of "[adv] [been] down to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 've only been down to the banister to pick up my coat . ’ |
| 2 | I have personally been down to the suppliers several times and checked , and there is no doubt we will have delivery . |
| 3 | Melanie had not been down to the work-room since her very first morning ; she tried not to look at the partially assembled puppets , hanged and dismembered , on the walls . |
| 4 | Betty , who clearly had not washed , since she had not been down to the stream and there was no water in the cottage , padded about in her dressing-gown and slippers offering to slice the bread for breakfast . |
| 5 | Lucy , who has 13 grandchildren and two great grandsons , added : ‘ I have already been down to my flat and have had a laugh with my friends . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been down to the market . |
| 7 | Neville , fresh in from points east , had just been down to Carnaby Street and looked the very model of the new generation . |
| 8 | Hiya yeah yeah oh yeah I 've just been down to oh we 've only just got in |
| 9 | He made it sound like we 've been our for a , you know , a romantic candle lit dinner and , you know , and we 'd just been down to his study for God 's sake ! |
| 10 | I 've just been down to the grubber . |
| 11 | Right and that was the result we generally observe in agriculture in that , for example , if you have ever been down to er the West the West of England where there is a number of apple growers you will find that when there is a very big harvest , right , apples just left to rot on trees , right , simply because it is not worth farmers harvesting er those apples because they wo n't get er price to cover their average vanable costs . |
| 12 | ‘ I have n't been down to the sea yet . |
| 13 | Adam said , ‘ I have n't been down to the cottage in an age . |
| 14 | I 've actually been down to Norfolk this weekend so |